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David Hamilton and Chris McBrideUniversity of Waikato, New Zealand

Location Stream nitrate levels

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Light meters

Sensors – Lake stations

• Thermistor string - Apprise Technologies “TempLine”

• Dissolved oxygen - Zebra-tech “d-opto” optical sensors

• Fluorometer – Seapoint chlorophyll fluorometer

• pH and chloride – INW “TempHion T3” sensors

• Irradiance – Appogee QSO quantum sensors

• Datalogger – iQuest “DS-4483” logger

Buoy design

L. Rotorua L. Rotoiti:Narrows

L. Tarawera

L. Rotoiti:Crater

Tarawera:Weather station

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Rotorua Lakes remote sensor network

Web interface - Lake Rotorua

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Values logged at:14:15:00

Sensor Value Last logged

Graph last:

Graph last:

Graph last:

DO [%sat]- surface 9.00 14:15:00 1 week 6 months

DO [%sat] - bottom 5.00 14:15:00 24 h 1 week 6 months

Chlorophyll a [ug L-1] 10.00 14:15:00 24 h 1 week 6 months

pH - surface 7.00 14:15:00 24 h 1 week 6 months

pH - bottom 7.00 14:15:00 24 h 1 week 6 months

Cl- [ppm]- surface 0.00 14:15:00 24 h 1 week 6 months

Cl- [ppm] - bottom 0.00 14:15:00 24 h 1 week 6 months

ORP - bottom 0.00 14:15:00 24 h 1 week 6 months

NO3- [ppm] - bottom 0.00 14:15:00 24 h 1 week 6 months

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Web interface - Lake Rotorua

Web interface - Lake Rotorua